Balloon tassels and fringe DIY

Balloon tassels and fringe DIY

Balloon tassels and fringe DIY

July 24, 2012Alison Faulkner

I’m sure you’re all WELL aware that I am TOTALLY not the first person to add fringe and tassels to balloons. And even though I usually try to do 100% original crafts, this is just such a fantastic trend that I though I’d show you how I do it. Plus, you know how I feel about balloons!

So when my friend Meta, of One More Mushroom, said she wanted to make some tassels for a baby shower I was ALL over helping her.

SUPPLIES FOR A TASSEL BALLOON

– A giant 36″ balloon, Meta got her’s from a local party supply store
– Plastic table cloths in a variety of colors (the long rectangle kind, each table cloth will make approx. 20 tassels)
– A rotary cutter (not totally necessary but helpful)
– A hot glue gun
– Decorative string

How to make a tassel

– Enlist the help of an attention-starved almost-2-year-old
– Cut your plastic table cloth in half lengthwise, and then fold each half in half again. Each folded half will make approx. 10 tassels.
– With your rotary cutter slice one inch strips (keep the fold at the top of your fringe)
– Criss-cross 10 pieces of fringe as shown. Overlap the pieces at the fold.
– Pinch below your top fold about an inch down
– Using 1/4 of a strip, begin to wrap your “pinch” in place. Secure the strip with a dab of hot glue.
– To add tassels to a balloon: hot glue as many tassels as you’d like to a piece of decorative string. Tie the string to your balloon and PARTY! This way you can remove the string and save it for another balloon!